ST. LOUIS - A consumer group contends one of the holiday season's must-have toys is unsafe.
San Francisco-based GoodGuide named the furry robotic Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters Saturday as one of the top-selling toys with low ratings.
It says it found a higher-than-allowed level of a chemical called antimony, which can cause health problems.
The group assigned the toy a rating of 5.2 on a 10-point scale.
The wrestling community is reeling today after news that ex-WWE superstar Edward “Umaga” Fatu has died.
Formerly known to World Wrestling Entertainment fans as Umaga, Fatu died Friday after suffering a heart attack, CNN reports. The 36-year-old's wife reportedly found him unconscious with blood coming out of his nose. He was rushed to a hospital in Houston, TX, but was pronounced dead at around 6:00 pm EST.
An unlikely tourist attraction has joined the ranks of the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building and Ground Zero - the spot where Amadou Diallo was shot to death by cops.
Scores of tour buses stop by 1157 Wheeler Ave. every week, disgorging Europeans who excitedly take pictures against a mural dedicated to Diallo's memory.
"Amadou Diallo is like the Disneyland of the Bronx," said Wilson Varges, a tour guide for See Tourists. "It's… Continue
HERE IS WHAT TILA TEQUILA SAID ABOUT RIHANNA:
HIDDEN SECRETS REVEALED FROM INSIDE SOURCES: RIHANNA HAS HERPES!!!!!!!!!! OMGGGG!
Wow, I'm sorry girlfriend, but you were cool until u decided to open up your mouth about me so I have no choice. Everyone in the entertainment industry knows, you just do not f**k with Tila Tequila and think you can get away with it! Even Perez Hilton knows that(that's another inside story I have about him & myself, but I will… Continue
Two stars of the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here" have been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly killing and cooking a rat to eat during filming.
Chef Gino D'Acampo who won the viewer-feedback contest series, and actor Stuart Manning were charged after animal welfare activists lodged a complaint about a segment for the British TV program, which was filmed in Australia, the activists and British media reported… Continue
These celebs are going on Twitter and putting their OWN BUSINESS out in the streets. Check out the below argument that R&B singer Tank had with his baby's mother:
TANK: Hey! hater of the year.. didn't the courts deal with our situation already? still not happy! love my kids, love my life!
TANK: Stop hiding who you are. tell everybody you're my baby mama in charlotte and you took my to court cause you didn't like my offer. and… Continue
One of Diddy's biggest artists of the last 10 years - G DEP - is coming clean about being a drug addict. According to G Dep, he's over his drug addiction.
In the interview, he says that he's trying to stay clean, but at one point he's asked whether he still uses PCP and G Depp says, "I still blow it down from time to time, but I'm really past… Continue
The daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley downed a handful of sleeping pills in an apparent suicide bid Saturday and was rushed to a Manhattan hospital, police sources said.
Alexa Ray Joel, 23, was taken to St. Vincent's Medical Center after paramedics responded about 12:30 p.m. to a 911 call from her West Village apartment, a police source said.
Fire Department officials said she told medics she had taken eight pills and was… Continue
In other news about multiple Grammy nominee Lady Gaga...the Grammy committee may love her, but a teen panel working with the Boston Public Health Commission just declared her "Bad Romance" to be one of the year's top 10 songs featuring "unhealthy relationship ingredients." But Gaga's ode to twisted love only came in at #10 on this worst-of list. She was the only artist to make the list twice (her "Paparazzi" came in at #3), but other bad-influence… Continue
Goatskin coat with fox fur and marabou-feather trim, Valentino, price upon request, at Valentino Boutique nationwide. Studded leather pumps, Christian Louboutin, $995. A decade after her titillating debut in pigtails and a plaid Catholic school skirt, we find ourselves cheering on Britney Spears once again. There have been, of course, speed bumps in recent years—a divorce, feuds with family, a very public breakdown—but the past 12 months have… Continue
She didn't call her new album Rated R for nothing. Rihanna performed a free concert in Manhattan at the Hammerstein Ballroom Thursday night in revealing outfit that didn't quite qualify as a dress.
The heavily embellished, metallic outfit plunged at the neckline and barely covered the Barbados-born singer's bum. But the style-savvy 21-year-old ensured certain lady parts wouldn't be making any unexpected appearances by wearing a matching silver bikini top underneath… Continue
Another day for Tiger Woods, another cocktail waitress.
A new woman is reportedly about to come forward to proclaim she had an affair with the golf great, TMZ.com reported Saturday.
The gossip Web site did not name the 25-year-old woman but said she's already hired a Florida lawyer to represent her.
She claims the affair started in 2004 near Tiger's home in Orlando and lasted for more than two years.
Furious her husband got another woman pregnant, a Brooklyn wife hatched a ghastly plot to kill the baby - first with an abortion drug, then with bottled poison, police sources said.
Keisha Jones was in custody Friday night after a month-long investigation uncovered the mom of four's diabolical scheme against Monique Hunter's child, the sources said.
Jones, 38, tricked Hunter, then seven months pregnant, into taking a drug that induces… Continue
Rihanna has denied hearing former boyfriend Chris Brown’s apologetic song “Changed Man,” but Brown says that's not the case.
He says he played it for her and it made her cry.
In a new interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts airing Friday at 10 p.m. on “20/20,” Brown says he unveiled the track with lyrics like “I’m a changed man/’cause you mean much to me” a month after their Feb. 8 altercation, according to a report on… Continue
The 2009 L.A. Auto Show, press day number 1. We take a look at the 2011 Ford Fiesta sedan and hatchback, the Cadillac CTS Coupe, Lexus LF-A and Mercedes AMG SLS… Continue